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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

I shot this recipe so long ago I’d nearly forgotten about it. Now that I’ve remembered, I think I’ll take these orange tinted popcorn balls as goodies to my daughter’s school Halloween party.

The stick itself is more of a gimmick on these fall threats. Cute, but not necessary, and I’ll be leaving them off when I make these for the kids. Feel free to skip that part as well; because stick or no stick, these candy packed treats will be welcomed by popcorn ball lovers everywhere.

Dotty Popcorn Balls on a StickPrinter VersionBright and fun this is a great recipe to get kids excited to help out in the kitchen.

1. With an air popper, pop popcorn kernels in two batches into a large bowl. Pick out and discard unpopped kernels. Add the Dot candies and set aside. Lay out a long sheet of wax paper.

2. Add the mini marshmallows, butter cubes, water and salt to a large microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high in 30 second increments until melted stirring after each turn. Then stir in a small amount of orange color paste.

3. Pour the marshmallow mixture over the popcorn. Toss well to coat. Wet hands and scoop out mixture with two hands. Press the batter together well. Set on the wax paper. Repeat with the rest of the popcorn mixture wetting hands as needed.

4. Insert the sticks all the way through the popcorn balls. Press the popcorn around the sticks well. Place back on the wax paper to dry. Repeat with the rest of the popcorn balls.

5. Let sit for two hours to dry. Once the popcorn balls are solid wrap in sheets of wax paper and secure with rubber bands or ribbons.

10 comments:

I had forgotten how much I loved popcorn balls. They always use to serve them at the Fall Festival we had at our elementary school. Now I need to make some for my this holiday season (Ryan and I could easily polish off a whole batch, I'm sure) Thanks for sharing, Laura.

I'm one of these strange people that never had a popcorn ball! Didn't grow up with them in Germany and never tried them here either. So they are pretty much a rice krispie treat made with popcorn? Bet my kids would really like them. Guess I need to try something new :o)